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(ModeL) H.-E. BARNES.

Cattle Ringer.

No. 242,860. Patented June 14, 71881.

VINVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

PETERa Phnlwutm n hen Washinglcn D t:

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HORACE E. BARNES, OF LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI.

CATTLE- RINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,860, dated June 14, 1881.

Application filed April 9, 1681. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE E. BARNES, of Lees Summit, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new Improvement in Cattle-Ringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a means for punching the gristle' of the nose of a hog, bull, or other animal, for the purpose of inserting a ring therein. i

The invention consists in a novel construction ofthejaws of a punching-instrument and certain details in devices connected therewith, whereby the operations of punching the hole and inserting the ring are facilitated, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an instrument embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view, partlyin section. Fig. 3is an edge view, partly in section.

A represents what may be called the fixed jaw, which may be similar to the corresponding jaw in an ordinary punching-tool. It is provided at the point where the punch engages it with a cushion, a, of rubber, leather, or other suitable material. The movable jaw is made in two parts, B B ,'arranged 10 Wt rk side by side and both pivoted to the jaw A, the same as if made in one piece. The part B is extended into a handle, corresponding with the handle of the fixed jaw A, and its tip carries the punch P, which is similar to that carried by an ordinary punching-tool, and consists of a sharp-edged tube screwed into place. The part B corresponds in shape with the part B for a portion of its length. The front portion or tip is extended beyond the tip of the part B and formed into a ring, 11 through which the punch 1? works. Its rear portion is provided with a slot, S, of approximate ellipsoidal form, one portion of the slot being wider than the rest. In this slot works a thumbscrew, 0, the pointor threaded portion of which engages with a tap-hole'in the part B. On the lower side of the part B is a pin or stud, e, lying between the handles of the two jaws. Attached to the handle of the jaw B is a fiat spring, D, the free end of which works between said handle and the pin or stud 0, so that said stud is between said spring and the handle of the other jaw, A.

In using this instrument the handles are pressed toward each other just sufiiciently to prevent the punch from protruding beyond the surface of the ring W. The thumb-screw G is then turned so as to place the thumb-piece thereof transversely across the widest portion of the slot S, which holds the parts in such position that the distance between the ring 11 andcushion (it corresponds with the thickness of the gristle between the nostrils of the animal, and so that the punch P cannot protrude beyond the ring L The instrument is then applied to the nose, and when the punch and ring are at the point where the hole is to be made the thumb-screw is given a quarter-turn, which places it so that it can work in the slot S. This allows the punch to protrude beyond the surface of the ring b so as to punch the hole as desired when the handles are pressed toward each other. When the handles are released the spring D forces them outward, so as to withdraw the punch P within the surface of the ring 11 and the thumb-screw O is again turned transversely, so as to hold the parts in the former position. The tool is then partly withdrawn from the nose with one hand and the nose-ring placed in position with the other hand.

By this construction and arrangement of parts, as above described, provision is made for punching a neat hole and for inserting and withdrawing the instrument without unnecessarily cutting the animal or mar-ring the extremities of the hole as punched, and also for clearing the punch P't'rom the hole by means of the ring I)".

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a cattle-ringer, the movablejaw made in two parts, B B pivoted side by side to the fixed jaw, and the part B provided with pin 0, screw 0, slot S, and an extension passing beyond the tip of part B and formed into a ring, L as shown and described.

2. In combination with the fixed jaw A and thumb screw 0, the movable jaw madein two parts, of which the part B is provided with a tap-hole and the part B with a pin, 0, and ellipsoidal slot S, as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the jawsAand B B of the pin 0 on part B and the spring D on part B, as shown and described.

HORACE EDGAR BARNES.

WVitnesses J AMES A. SHAW, A. BLooKWELL. 

